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it really is a big problem for romney right now. >> initially nothing for romney to do himself. i mean nobody cares what mitt romney thinks about the storm recovery in new jersey. it's very challenging position for him. >> what do we think of the new jeep ad up, which is airing in ohio and trying to undermine the president's credibility on the auto bailout. let's play that ad. i don't think we've played it yet. this is a new romney -- i believe it's a super pac ad that is airing in ohio. >> obama took gm and chrysler into bankruptcy. and sold chrysler to italians who are going to build jeep in china. mitt romney will fight for every american job. >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> that is actually an official campaign ad. rana, does this argument hold water with the ohio voters, that the president was actually -- is outsourcing american jobs and didn't actually save the american auto industry? >> i'm going to guess no. in part because you know, making jeeps in china might be assembling them in china to sell to chinese middle-class consumers who are actually bringi
it really is a big problem for romney right now. >> initially nothing for romney to do himself. i mean nobody cares what mitt romney thinks about the storm recovery in new jersey. it's very challenging position for him. >> what do we think of the new jeep ad up, which is airing in ohio and trying to undermine the president's credibility on the auto bailout. let's play that ad. i don't think we've played it yet. this is a new romney -- i believe it's a super pac ad that is airing in...
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mitt romney is going to be a president like that if he's elected. e.j.'s right. he's staying in the vagaries because he want s to talk abou these three things. grant him health care -- the deficit thing -- his plan would explode the deficit by most nonpartisan estimations. i do think at some point, i hope at some point he actually has to answer that specific question, which is, why are you assuming your plan to reduce the deficit will work when everyone else assumes it won't? eventually he will have to address this. >> he's going to have to get into some kind of specifics. you have skepticism on it. >> employment, energy, education, that's not a plan, it's a campaign strategy. i think it's a very effective one. choosing these three things actually i think is really, really smart. employment, that's obligatory. energy, that's the red meat. i mean, obama's got a pretty, i think, vulnerable energy policy for republicans and romney to go after. then education is sort of the humanizing component of this campaign strategy. and it has the benefit of ill l illiteration.
mitt romney is going to be a president like that if he's elected. e.j.'s right. he's staying in the vagaries because he want s to talk abou these three things. grant him health care -- the deficit thing -- his plan would explode the deficit by most nonpartisan estimations. i do think at some point, i hope at some point he actually has to answer that specific question, which is, why are you assuming your plan to reduce the deficit will work when everyone else assumes it won't? eventually he will...
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you see romney getting intro'ed right now. first of all, we will unpack the specifics of his plan, but if you are mitt romney right now and you need the make if case for your electability and the facts that you have the winds in your sails, is speaking in one corner, sections 1 through 12 of an obviously empty stadium, a good thing? it's a fabulous thing. the optics are not good, right? >> that depends how it looks on tv. >> this is what it looks like. >> well that doesn't look bad. >> do we have the still? that's the rest of the stadium, that is no way not going make it. >> what mitt romney's people care about what it looks like on local michigan, they want to win the michigan library. i've been to crazy bad events and talked about how silly it is to have it in such a big place. if it looks crowded on television and the romney crowd has done it over and over again. it looks good on tv, on local news and drives votes in michigan, and makes him look like he is giving a iconic speech -- >> that is a lot of ifs and we know there'
you see romney getting intro'ed right now. first of all, we will unpack the specifics of his plan, but if you are mitt romney right now and you need the make if case for your electability and the facts that you have the winds in your sails, is speaking in one corner, sections 1 through 12 of an obviously empty stadium, a good thing? it's a fabulous thing. the optics are not good, right? >> that depends how it looks on tv. >> this is what it looks like. >> well that doesn't...
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so just by showing up, you would think that romney's a slight favorite right now. we have seen obama recently in a higher position than he's been in all year, maybe higher than you would expect based on where the economy is. so i do think romney should have a tail wind at the same time the stuff we're mentioning where he also has tried to avoid articulating where his positions are on a lot of issues, a lot that is common sense but if you take positions further away from the center that damages you and he's not done a lot of running to the center at all in this campaign. that's unusual and he'll be proebds for more detail during the debate. >> the american public or people are crying out for the etch a sketch moment. joy, in terms of managing expectations, the guy that has managed them in his own fashion is chris christie. i want to play a little chris christie sound doubling down on the fact that this is a big deal tomorrow night for mitt romney. >> this whole race will be turned upside down thursday morning. >> what are you doing, christie? for god sake's if romne
so just by showing up, you would think that romney's a slight favorite right now. we have seen obama recently in a higher position than he's been in all year, maybe higher than you would expect based on where the economy is. so i do think romney should have a tail wind at the same time the stuff we're mentioning where he also has tried to avoid articulating where his positions are on a lot of issues, a lot that is common sense but if you take positions further away from the center that damages...
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romney adviser kevin madden and the president of the human rights campaign. plus, as european leaders are voting themselves out, the night since the financial meltdown, look at france. lee gallagher will be joining us on that. see new 15 minutes. can befriendt may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you take away the faces on the trees... take away the pixie dust. take away the singing animals, and the storybook narrator... [ man ] you're left with more electric trucks. more recycled shipping materials... and a growing number of lower emissions planes... which still makes for a pretty enchanted tale. ♪ la la la [ man ] whoops, forgot one... [ male announcer ] sustainable solutions. fedex. solutions that matter. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. ♪ you make me happy when skies are gray ♪ [ female announcer ] you know exactly what it takes to make them feel better. ♪ you make me happy [ female announcer ] that's why you choose children's tylenol. the same brand your mom trusted
romney adviser kevin madden and the president of the human rights campaign. plus, as european leaders are voting themselves out, the night since the financial meltdown, look at france. lee gallagher will be joining us on that. see new 15 minutes. can befriendt may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you take away the faces on the trees... take away the pixie dust. take away the singing animals, and the storybook narrator... [ man ] you're left with more electric trucks. more recycled...
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response was she needs help, right? but the problem is not just giving the cash, although your criticisms are on point, but that is not how he legislates. they have a policy that they cannot defend one on one because he feels so bad saying no, which is his government response to her. >> there's a bigger problem, he gives this lady $50 and that is nice. but that is to make up for the people that he put out of work? i have no problem with capitalism, i have a problem with this being your one way of making yourself feel better for screwing people over. >> isn't this is a change in tone, romney had to drive far to get to work and he said that is good, are you staying competitive. someone that has time and time again looked at voters and said tough, it's the marketplace. >> there are convenient elements to this style, makes me cringe. you have a black woman becoming a mascot for the campaign, she needs financial assistance, and you are confirming with how people deal with their poverty and seek out the assistance of a wealth
response was she needs help, right? but the problem is not just giving the cash, although your criticisms are on point, but that is not how he legislates. they have a policy that they cannot defend one on one because he feels so bad saying no, which is his government response to her. >> there's a bigger problem, he gives this lady $50 and that is nice. but that is to make up for the people that he put out of work? i have no problem with capitalism, i have a problem with this being your...
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was too right wing on economics, you want it to be something else, personal problem with romney. if you love mitt romney you want to blame somebody else. a consultant in romney's campaign you want it to be some other consultant was steering him wrong. everyone has their motives. once it starses to seem really likely he's going to lose everyone is pulling out their motives and assigning the blame where they want to assign it. >> you usually rawait for the sp to begin to hit water before the rats jump and not that any of these people quote ready any kind of ver min at all, but you say -- >> just metaphorically speaking, people covering themselves in the politico saying, oh, he's the culprit, i'm just fine. but you know, governor crist was on the wrong side of the party, simply for shaking hands with president obama when -- >> he hugged him. >> oh, a hug. a bear hug. >> it was a hug. >> like the pizza guy hug. full hug. that explains it. >> even worse. >> don't give a full hug. >> only shaken hands you'd probably be okay. >> governor crist, respond to that if you would. do you feel
was too right wing on economics, you want it to be something else, personal problem with romney. if you love mitt romney you want to blame somebody else. a consultant in romney's campaign you want it to be some other consultant was steering him wrong. everyone has their motives. once it starses to seem really likely he's going to lose everyone is pulling out their motives and assigning the blame where they want to assign it. >> you usually rawait for the sp to begin to hit water before...
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. >> roll right over alex. >> whoa. >> the washington of romney rolled over the moderator last night? the thing about -- i came to first because i had writ ain't piece for the "new york" magazine, how to act human, giving romney advice. since then i've tried to pursue him, but that's not easy. he's elusive. >> yes. >> he keeps recasting himself, recasting himself. i've tried to flail it down. before last night's event i had come to the conclusion i finally had typecast him, because he can't play a character role, he's not a good enough actor. this is a conclusion i came to. that he is that boss who makes lame jokes at which we are compelled to laugh at peril of our jobs. >> yes. >> and -- >> i don't know any bosses like that. >> last night he more or less erased that image with the significant cooperation of the president, he presented a brand-new, as you said, and different romney relishing the occasion, filled with facts, right or wrong, true or false, but filled with them, and delivered with great conviction and with energy. unfortunately for the democratic campaign, another presid
. >> roll right over alex. >> whoa. >> the washington of romney rolled over the moderator last night? the thing about -- i came to first because i had writ ain't piece for the "new york" magazine, how to act human, giving romney advice. since then i've tried to pursue him, but that's not easy. he's elusive. >> yes. >> he keeps recasting himself, recasting himself. i've tried to flail it down. before last night's event i had come to the conclusion i...
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governor rendell, i ask you first, how bad is this for mitt romney right now? can he put the genie back in the bottle? >> yeah, he can. this is the summertime. i'd say out of 300 million americans, about six or seven million are paying attention. anything that happens during the summer, you can recover from. but again, this whole controversy goes to whether mitt romney flip-flops, whether he's trustworthy, whether he tells the truth. it all goes to the character issue. the democrats and some of the media are building up a very good case against him. look, ann romney said in 2000 that mitt splits his time between the olympics and bain. when mitt himself left in 1999, he said i'm going to be part-time and i'm going to have input in investment decisions and h.r. decisions. so if you don't even need the s.e.c. filings, they contradicted the romneys themselves contradicted their own line and why? because they didn't want to be tagged with the outsourcing. the obama campaign hasn't done much right this season so far, but this is one area where i think they have been
governor rendell, i ask you first, how bad is this for mitt romney right now? can he put the genie back in the bottle? >> yeah, he can. this is the summertime. i'd say out of 300 million americans, about six or seven million are paying attention. anything that happens during the summer, you can recover from. but again, this whole controversy goes to whether mitt romney flip-flops, whether he's trustworthy, whether he tells the truth. it all goes to the character issue. the democrats and...
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>> romney. >> romney. mitt romney, right? because the notion is that he has the least sort of passionate base, but if it's not so terrible outside, they'll go ahead and go to the community centers and wherever and caucus. let's talk about another variable and ari, you have a piece about this in the nation. the evangelical vote. we have stats from last week's cnn/time ploelt that break down the evangelical born again vote. the results are somewhat interesting in who these folks are getting behind. one of the most interesting ones was which candidate agrees with you on issues that matter most among born again christians. you see, rick santorum is getting 23%. ron paul is getting 17%. >> that's right. and you know, i talk about this in my article at the nation.com. there is a media narrative that ron paul has the libertarian vote and the other candidates have the born again vote and there's the split. rick santorum yesterday on "meet the press" said basically there's three races, an establishment race for romney and gingrich, a
>> romney. >> romney. mitt romney, right? because the notion is that he has the least sort of passionate base, but if it's not so terrible outside, they'll go ahead and go to the community centers and wherever and caucus. let's talk about another variable and ari, you have a piece about this in the nation. the evangelical vote. we have stats from last week's cnn/time ploelt that break down the evangelical born again vote. the results are somewhat interesting in who these folks are...
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i don't plan to vote for romney for sure. right now i plan to stay home. and when we talk about the black vote, the african-american vote in november, how real do you think that risk is? >> i would say -- and i travel a lot, i've talked to people, i do a call in radio show. >> because you're not the hardest working person. >> in maryland, are you going to stay home with o'malley, who just passed a law there? are you going to stay home with -- how many times are going to stay home in when we say that, we're going to risk the supreme court, risk the economy because any governor or president or anybody that on one issue i disagree with, i'm going to stay home. just remember now, in new york and maryland and seven other states, they made law if he gave his the governor in the own state. >> you think it's not enough? >> i think people are not giving it immediate reaction. i took this position in '03 when i was getting ready to run in '04. i don't think there will be a lot of people staying home. i think people initially took sides and then will say, you know, b
i don't plan to vote for romney for sure. right now i plan to stay home. and when we talk about the black vote, the african-american vote in november, how real do you think that risk is? >> i would say -- and i travel a lot, i've talked to people, i do a call in radio show. >> because you're not the hardest working person. >> in maryland, are you going to stay home with o'malley, who just passed a law there? are you going to stay home with -- how many times are going to stay...
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. >> you're right. that doesn't do anything for romney in 2012. there is the idea that you are going to wear a mitt romney super fan t-shirt. how many of those 346 t-shirts were sold ironically too? there's whether it's the gop elders, the gop leaders giving my mouthed endorsements or the fact that he isn't getting small donors, voters aren't excited about him, i think it holds some relevance in this conversation. >> it's a huge problem. maybe down to the ironic hipster votes in the end. >> the fact that news organizations are now sending is out people to find rabid romney fans, it's a story if you can find a rabid romney fan. >> we worked on it for weeks finding these people. it's not easy. >> to bring it back full circle, i think chris's piece combined with your analysis is about right which is that you have the confluence of a very favorable calendar along with the party establishment coalescing around romney that's going to make it intensely difficult for rick santorum by the end of this to say okay, i'm still staying in. we see what's happeni
. >> you're right. that doesn't do anything for romney in 2012. there is the idea that you are going to wear a mitt romney super fan t-shirt. how many of those 346 t-shirts were sold ironically too? there's whether it's the gop elders, the gop leaders giving my mouthed endorsements or the fact that he isn't getting small donors, voters aren't excited about him, i think it holds some relevance in this conversation. >> it's a huge problem. maybe down to the ironic hipster votes in the...
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i mean i think if you're mitt romney right now, you're wondering what it's going to take. there's -- you're throwing a lot of stuff against the wall. i think it speaks to the lack of a consistent strategy and really prosecuting a consistent case against the president. they've just been all over the place in a lot of things and seeing that down to the wire. >> i think going to social issues, too, is interesting, because they've been losing on the economy. he i mean last friday's job numbers came in very good, four months of strong growth so that card is gone and sandy really gave the president a leg up. i mean it wasn't one that you would have wished for but showing there is a role for government, hey, we need to help each other, that strengthens the president's position. >> and maybe god is involved after all. maybe god sent that storm to let obama go up in christie. >> the storm narrative is becoming something that senior republican leadership is trotting out for why mitt romney may not win. haley barbour talking about the hurricane broke romney's momentum. it's out there
i mean i think if you're mitt romney right now, you're wondering what it's going to take. there's -- you're throwing a lot of stuff against the wall. i think it speaks to the lack of a consistent strategy and really prosecuting a consistent case against the president. they've just been all over the place in a lot of things and seeing that down to the wire. >> i think going to social issues, too, is interesting, because they've been losing on the economy. he i mean last friday's job...
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you can blow the kiss good bye, right, romney campaign. >> mr. mourdock's comments do not reflect mr. romney's views. we still support him. >> wow, not often do you hear somebody say i disagree with your views on rape and incest, but, um, um, i disagree with your views on rape and incest but not a dealbreaker. >> the job of scrubbing the deck fell to john sununu out in force to clear up any doubts about the campaign's position. >> rape is a heinous vile act and horrible and when mourdock s says that romney immediately condemned that. >> was the unfortunate rape snafu cleaned up? perhaps. not before sununu went on to say this about former secretary of state colin powell and his endorsement of president obama. >> when you take a look at colin powell you have to wonder whether that's an endorsement based on issues or he has a slightly different reason for preferring president obama. >> what reason would that be? >> well, i think when you have somebody of your own race you're proud of being president of the united states i applaud colin for standing
you can blow the kiss good bye, right, romney campaign. >> mr. mourdock's comments do not reflect mr. romney's views. we still support him. >> wow, not often do you hear somebody say i disagree with your views on rape and incest, but, um, um, i disagree with your views on rape and incest but not a dealbreaker. >> the job of scrubbing the deck fell to john sununu out in force to clear up any doubts about the campaign's position. >> rape is a heinous vile act and horrible...
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a lot of ways mitt romney is like the john kerry of the right. you had this thing of no one really liked him but he was in the military, you guys love that stuff, right, why don't we nominate him. >> it's still not clear who should have been the nominee if not john kerry. >> now we're like, he did national health care in massachusetts, you guys love that stuff. you'll vote for him. i'm not sure how it ends up playing out. >> alex, to your point, there's been obviously unprecedented volatility in 2011 but we're about to interface where we might not see volatility and might see what's supposed to generally happen, the field got widowed in iowa and the likelihood is either mitt romney will do as you suggested, put this thing away -- >> bake the cake. >> or there will be a con sense census candidate who is his rival. >> could that be rick santorum? >> may well could be. >> he needs to get his website up and running to handling the donations that purportedly will be coming in. newt and rick versus mitt and john, fren mees forever. whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee
a lot of ways mitt romney is like the john kerry of the right. you had this thing of no one really liked him but he was in the military, you guys love that stuff, right, why don't we nominate him. >> it's still not clear who should have been the nominee if not john kerry. >> now we're like, he did national health care in massachusetts, you guys love that stuff. you'll vote for him. i'm not sure how it ends up playing out. >> alex, to your point, there's been obviously...
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mitt romney is right to raise poverty this week. what's the problem? >> what's the problem? the problem is, that he's got a lot of plans that would balance the budget and do other bad things on the backs of poor people, right? so the problem isn't at this point, is he saying anything that is broadly appealing or moderate, it's whether people believe it. >> amman, we talk about the numbers here and the economy. it is amazing to me how in so far as there's been a perfect storm in terms of political optics for the president, this week began with him taking on the concerns of those who had been made victims by the storm, helping out those in need. that has dovetailed with the message on the stomach where he's making the fairness argument, the economic argument for his policies wrapped together in a seamless manner. >> yeah. you don't want to be too crass but hurricane sandy has been a political opportunity for the president and to act presidential, to be presidential, and then the embrace by chris christie who gave the keynote speech against him at the republican convention, obv
mitt romney is right to raise poverty this week. what's the problem? >> what's the problem? the problem is, that he's got a lot of plans that would balance the budget and do other bad things on the backs of poor people, right? so the problem isn't at this point, is he saying anything that is broadly appealing or moderate, it's whether people believe it. >> amman, we talk about the numbers here and the economy. it is amazing to me how in so far as there's been a perfect storm in...
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the reality for romney right now is you're now a bigger story than the jobs report, and that's not how this should be played out. he needs to pivot back on this thing, put the paper -- have a moses moment, let my taxes go -- >> let my taxes be free. >> put that out there, deal with the 24 hours news cycle that will be that storm if there is anything to your point, and move on. >> unless it's a lot more than a 24 hour storm. >> well, it could be at this point but -- >> two things. tactically, if it were me, i would have done this a year and a half ago. get five reporters in the room, you brief, set the frame of the story so you can say no, we did that a year and a half ago. second, i disagree with you in that we've talked before about this strategy. this is a strategy in three or four acts. we're in act two, my friend, so hold on. >> from the obama campaign. >> but the jobs report had nothing to do with why we're now talking about taxes and bain. because the whole idea is this is a whole narrative about mitt romney, the way he has run his business, the way he was governor and this idea
the reality for romney right now is you're now a bigger story than the jobs report, and that's not how this should be played out. he needs to pivot back on this thing, put the paper -- have a moses moment, let my taxes go -- >> let my taxes be free. >> put that out there, deal with the 24 hours news cycle that will be that storm if there is anything to your point, and move on. >> unless it's a lot more than a 24 hour storm. >> well, it could be at this point but --...
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and that's what you're seeing right now with the romney people. is that small dollar donor is a constant giver. obama figured that out. he could have a million people giving him a check anytime he asked for it versus a thousand people who write one check for $38,000. >> and mitt romney has had the bulk of his support, by and large, overwhelmingly -- >> right. so now it's time to shift -- >> i don't know why everybody's such a rush, maybe it's just the press, to get santorum out of the race. he's got a right to be on the stage and express his positions. >> and that was the design of the system. >> in ohio, let's talk about santorum a little bit. because in ohio, santorum is at 37%. this is a poll that was from the 16th to the 26th of february. but santorum was up at 37%. romney at 26%. gingrich at 16. paul at 11. in all fairness, we're not writing rick santorum off yet, right? >> no. i think his numbers are going to go down, because mitt romney will dump millions of dollars against him in ohio and we'll start to see his numbers slip. but i think th
and that's what you're seeing right now with the romney people. is that small dollar donor is a constant giver. obama figured that out. he could have a million people giving him a check anytime he asked for it versus a thousand people who write one check for $38,000. >> and mitt romney has had the bulk of his support, by and large, overwhelmingly -- >> right. so now it's time to shift -- >> i don't know why everybody's such a rush, maybe it's just the press, to get santorum...
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i think it's been less and less of an issue of romney unifying the right. i read this as more in the dying days of his campaign, i notice rick santorum kept talking about ronald reagan in the example of 1976 when ronald reagan ran as the conservative candidate against jernld ford. failed just short. endorsed him kind of and information there to say i told you so when it was over. when i see that e-mail after that, i kind of think that's what santorum thinks he's channelling here. >> hogan, i got to ask, do you think that senator santorum is going to have a speaking spot in tampa come time for the convention? >> i'm not sure. i mean -- from what i understand, that was not discussed at all. the romney campaign has made no overture to senator santorum about coming out on the trail with him or a speaking slide in tampa. that's not really rick's deal. he's not a quid pro quo kind of guy. he says, this is the agenda i'm for. i hope you sign on with it. it's not, you give me this so i can give you that. that's not the kind of guy he is. >> it will be real interest
i think it's been less and less of an issue of romney unifying the right. i read this as more in the dying days of his campaign, i notice rick santorum kept talking about ronald reagan in the example of 1976 when ronald reagan ran as the conservative candidate against jernld ford. failed just short. endorsed him kind of and information there to say i told you so when it was over. when i see that e-mail after that, i kind of think that's what santorum thinks he's channelling here. >>...
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certainly mitt romney is far to the right on things like women's issues, on choice, on judge, on all those things, but i think the conversation has been more about is he for the top over the folks who are in the middle and at the bottom. if you look at what he did at the debate, he tried to, you know, wiggle his way out of being this guy who is just for the top, this plutocrat that american people think he is basically and that he is, and the truth of the matter is that his position, the things that he has espoused on the campaign trail that he used to get through the republican primary, are positions that are very focused on the top and it looks like what the campaign is doing and what the press is doing is pointing out mitt romney is not telling the truth about the positions he has. >> yeah. but that's presuming he's going to stay on one message or the other. the most shocking thing about the debate, you're not going to do the 20% across the board tax cut, now you like certain parts of the obama care, but it muddles the president's tactics in terms on hammering him on things if tho
certainly mitt romney is far to the right on things like women's issues, on choice, on judge, on all those things, but i think the conversation has been more about is he for the top over the folks who are in the middle and at the bottom. if you look at what he did at the debate, he tried to, you know, wiggle his way out of being this guy who is just for the top, this plutocrat that american people think he is basically and that he is, and the truth of the matter is that his position, the things...
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that is what mitt romney needs right now. he needs somebody to close did deal, like sarah palin, not in the context of intellect and so forth, but what i'm talking about is the lack of passion that romney does not bring to the table. >> do you understand how extreme he is? he rejects the separation of church and state. satan is going to attack us, and higher four year community colleges are damaging to america. >> i do not buy that santorum has passion, what the passion is against romney here. it would bring more passion from the right on the ticket than santorum. >> as author -- he is authenti. thank you to chuck todd, don't forget, chuck will be part of tonight's prime time primary coverage starting right here at this desk on msnbc -- >> i'm in the other room, believe it or not, there's no room at this desk. >> capacity full. at 8:00 p.m. eastern. after the break, who will win tonight? we will keep talking about that and we will make our predictions when we come back. next on "now." [ dog ] i am a pro baller. 11 years playi
that is what mitt romney needs right now. he needs somebody to close did deal, like sarah palin, not in the context of intellect and so forth, but what i'm talking about is the lack of passion that romney does not bring to the table. >> do you understand how extreme he is? he rejects the separation of church and state. satan is going to attack us, and higher four year community colleges are damaging to america. >> i do not buy that santorum has passion, what the passion is against...
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if they muddy it up, that is a contest that romney can win. >> that is absolutely right. that is santorum's weakness from the right, i don't know that romney is comfortable exploipting that, he has not been a good, you know, barer of that message. >> he took down newt well know, and he zeroed in on newt and attacked him and he just folded up. it was a miracle. >> he is beginning to employ that strategy. romney is trying keep it clean. let's tu take a look at an ad he did in new hampshire and an ad he is running in michigan today. >> we used to come here early on with our boys, played in the extre streams and went to the woods. >> i grew up in michigan, it was exciting to be here. >> that first ad is driving in the car talking about new hampshire being in his backyard and then the second is in michigan, and where he grew up. he has a house in california, utah, you can expect more driving in the car ads. >> he has a multitude of homes. >> that is not unlike mccain. >> that kind of ad clearly works, look at the clint eastwood chrysler ad, it was a nice ad and i'm guessing th
if they muddy it up, that is a contest that romney can win. >> that is absolutely right. that is santorum's weakness from the right, i don't know that romney is comfortable exploipting that, he has not been a good, you know, barer of that message. >> he took down newt well know, and he zeroed in on newt and attacked him and he just folded up. it was a miracle. >> he is beginning to employ that strategy. romney is trying keep it clean. let's tu take a look at an ad he did in...
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the romney campaign feels really good about where they are right now. the poll that came out yesterday that has him up by one point with registered voters and registered voters have generally been worse for romney, he probably is in a better place with likely voters than with registered voters and the fact that the president's at 45% on the eve of the republican convention, before any bounce for mitt romney, the romney campaign feels really good about where they are and that might actually limit the extent to which they feel they need to do something dramatic with his speech thursday night. >> i want to talk about the attacks the romney campaign launched in the direction of team obama and call to everyone's attention something that david corn wrote today. romney has deployed assaults against president barack obama that are tinged with racism, attack ads that push the already much stretched envelope of political truth bending. at this moment as romney commands a national audience, they are poised to build on a foundation of untruthfulness and obama hatre
the romney campaign feels really good about where they are right now. the poll that came out yesterday that has him up by one point with registered voters and registered voters have generally been worse for romney, he probably is in a better place with likely voters than with registered voters and the fact that the president's at 45% on the eve of the republican convention, before any bounce for mitt romney, the romney campaign feels really good about where they are and that might actually...
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>>> taxes, education, reproductive rights when you're mitt romney what's wrong with a little change of heart? it's wednesday, october 10th, and this is "now." >>> joining me today, msnbc political analyst and georgetown university professor michael eric dyson, the golden throat. the host of msnbc's the cycle steve kornacki, msnbc contributor and queen bee of thegrio.com joy reid and new york times magazine editor mr. sunday morning himself, hugo lingren. there are 27 days to the election, meaning we still have time for 27 new and exciting policy shifts from governor mitt romney. and who better than the country's explainer in chief to outline the paradox of the mittens. >> i had a different reaction to that first debate than a lot of people did. i mean, i thought -- i thought wow. here's old moderate mitt. where you been, boy? i missed you all these last two years. >> call it the merry go mitt. governor romney has completed a full 360-degree rotation, changing his views so many times on -- so many times on some of his core beliefs that he's right back to where he started decades ago. he
>>> taxes, education, reproductive rights when you're mitt romney what's wrong with a little change of heart? it's wednesday, october 10th, and this is "now." >>> joining me today, msnbc political analyst and georgetown university professor michael eric dyson, the golden throat. the host of msnbc's the cycle steve kornacki, msnbc contributor and queen bee of thegrio.com joy reid and new york times magazine editor mr. sunday morning himself, hugo lingren. there are 27...
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did mitt romney walk right into the stereotype his campaign is making of republicans? i will repeat this. >> yes, he did. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. is this -- is this an error on the level of i like -- >> this is outrageous. look. we could have a real debate about issues. mitt romney has said a version of that line scores of times on the campaign trail. the point is the poor has a social safety net. he says if there's a problem, we need to fix it. the rich are doing fine. we need to worry about the middle class. you can drill that and say what are your policies to effect that. but if this campaign is going to be fought over who misspeaks and who's better to mock it on youtube, i think the country will be a criticism of our business letting political opposition define the new cycle by taking something where the guy didn't speak clearly. >> that's the problem. you have to stand there in front of four audiences. if you're the president of the united states, you simply have to do better than that. >> i think we should be nicer -- >> do you think there's a c
did mitt romney walk right into the stereotype his campaign is making of republicans? i will repeat this. >> yes, he did. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. is this -- is this an error on the level of i like -- >> this is outrageous. look. we could have a real debate about issues. mitt romney has said a version of that line scores of times on the campaign trail. the point is the poor has a social safety net. he says if there's a problem, we need to fix it. the rich are...
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other ways that he is coming down to the right. >> speaking of mitt romney, the presumptive republican presidential nominee is now speaking at an ohio coal mine, there to highlight how his energy policy differs from that of the president. it's interesting because we are talking about the big issues which is fiscal policy, budget, social programs, the american social safety net, women's issues, social issues, and the two folks running for the highest office in the land are talking about wind energy, which certainly is not an unimportant thing, but if you talk about what's on the mind of voters, i don't think -- >> well, in iowa, it's a big deal. there's a lot of wind farms and jobs there. >> exactly. if you talk about winning iowa, that's a different story entirely. i think ari, to your point, patricia, to yours, too, on face value, i understand how conservative women or single working women may think paul ryan is trying to clean this up, he really cares about fiscal priorities. then once you unpack the suitcase and then you have someone like mitt romney who again has not supported lily
other ways that he is coming down to the right. >> speaking of mitt romney, the presumptive republican presidential nominee is now speaking at an ohio coal mine, there to highlight how his energy policy differs from that of the president. it's interesting because we are talking about the big issues which is fiscal policy, budget, social programs, the american social safety net, women's issues, social issues, and the two folks running for the highest office in the land are talking about...
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and it plays right into the narrative of the republican candidates like mitt romney. look, it's not a good issue for the president. and that suspicious minds might say is the reason why they decided upon further review, as they say on sundays this time of year, and that would effectively kick it into next year beyond the election. they thought they had the solution. republicans sort of called their bluff on that and forced his hand to make a decision by february 21st. obviously, the white house just wanted to take that off the table and did it a full month early, did what they said they'd always do, and said there wasn't enough time to do that environmental review. one interesting side note on this is republicans frequently cite the republican governor of nebraska saying he's for it, the nebraska legislature is for it, the white house says, no, they're not. but what the republican governor in nebraska is simply saying, we haven't decided, we haven't done our environmental review, we would like to have it, but what transcanada should do, the company constructing this $
and it plays right into the narrative of the republican candidates like mitt romney. look, it's not a good issue for the president. and that suspicious minds might say is the reason why they decided upon further review, as they say on sundays this time of year, and that would effectively kick it into next year beyond the election. they thought they had the solution. republicans sort of called their bluff on that and forced his hand to make a decision by february 21st. obviously, the white house...
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that goes to a question that's not romney's fault, right? but it is to many people patently unfair that what we have now learned, if he is to be believed, is that his tax burden as someone who in his publicly disclosed years made over $10 million, is lower than people that make $45,000. >> well, exactly. and you know, as robert cites in polls and stuff like that, i'm three times a month out on the road, onstage talking to 400 or 500 people a night telling jokes about the world we live in. the romney tax thing, it does matter to regular folks because to your point, which i think is correct, everybody would like to have the money romney has. i think by revealing romney's taxes, for the first time, we have a conversation in the public about how you get to be that rich and mitt romney, it's not by working hard. his investment money that he pays way less taxes on. >> he's paid taxes on in the beginning, paid taxes on from the capital gains standpoint. my understanding, i'm not a tax expert, my understanding is, i hope that someone tweets this and
that goes to a question that's not romney's fault, right? but it is to many people patently unfair that what we have now learned, if he is to be believed, is that his tax burden as someone who in his publicly disclosed years made over $10 million, is lower than people that make $45,000. >> well, exactly. and you know, as robert cites in polls and stuff like that, i'm three times a month out on the road, onstage talking to 400 or 500 people a night telling jokes about the world we live in....
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i think what's happened with mitt romney is he is incapable or unable to be the real mitt romney right now -- >> because they'd like him even less. >> well, no. because the base of his party has shifted so far right from four years ago. >> country club republicans are a dying breed. the free market guy. >> he's much more moderate than the base of his party. so he's uncomfortable. >> abby, your dad had to deal with his own wealth questions on the campaign trail. he did not make any gaffes of that nature. how does a candidate cut through? >> it's difficult. and i think he's finally to the point, romney, where he says, i do have money, and people are trying to accept that fact, but he's having a very difficult time connecting with people when he says he doesn't have a way to really tell people, this is who i am, please like me for who i am. he doesn't have a way of delivering himself in a way that people can connect to him. and that's a big problem. >> he seems forever entrenched in this straight jacket of, i am the rich guy, and there's nothing he can do to get out of it. >> it's this ri
i think what's happened with mitt romney is he is incapable or unable to be the real mitt romney right now -- >> because they'd like him even less. >> well, no. because the base of his party has shifted so far right from four years ago. >> country club republicans are a dying breed. the free market guy. >> he's much more moderate than the base of his party. so he's uncomfortable. >> abby, your dad had to deal with his own wealth questions on the campaign trail. he...